Sounding toy



19, 19460 L. L. TOALSON 2,397,051

' SOUNDING TOY Filed Oct. 25, 1944 IN VEN TOR.

Patented Mar. 19, 1946 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE SOUNDING TOY Lloyd L. Toalson, San Antonio, Tex.

Application October 23,1944, Serial No. 559,883

1 Claim.

This invention relates to sounding toys, the primary object of the invention being to provide a sounding toy operated by the winding and twisting action of strings which are connected to the toy, and by means of which the toy is held in the hands of the operator.

An important object of the invention is to provide a sounding toy of this character, including a light weight metal disc having hubs, to which the operating cords are secured, the hubs being constructed in such a Way that smooth rounded surfaces are provided for contact with the cord, thereby reducing wear between the cord and hubs to the minimum.

With the foregoing and other objects in View, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention consists of certain details of construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claim, it being understood that changes may be made in the construction and arrangement of parts without departing from the spirit of the invention as claimed.

Referring to the drawing:

Figure 1 is a sectional view through a toy constructed in accordance with the invention, the operating cords being shown as connected with the hubs of the toy.

Figure 2 is a transverse sectional view through the hub and sound boxes, forming a part of the toy.

Figure 3 is a plan view of the toy.

Referring to the drawing in detail, the toy comprises a disc-like body portion indicated by the reference character 5, the body portion being constructed preferably of light weight metal, and formed with openings 6.

Positioned in certain openings 6 of the body portion are sound boxes I, which sound boxes extend appreciable distances beyond the surfaces of the body portion 5, portions of the walls of the sound boxes being cut away, providing openings, 50 that when the toy is rotating air will be picked up and caused to swirl'through the sound boxes, resulting in a whistling sound being produced.

The reference character 8 designates the hub of the toy, which also extends appreciable distances beyond the surfaces of the body portion 5, as clearly shown by Figure 1 of the drawing.

The outer ends of the hub section are formed with openings for the reception of the operating cords 9, which cords, after passing through the openings of the hubs, extend laterally and pass through openings in the side of the hub, Where they are formed into knots to prevent the ends of the cords from being'pulled through the openings of the hub.

In order that wear between the cords and hub will be reduced to a minimum, the openings of the hub through which the cords extend, are formed with inwardly extended annular flanges Iii, which have their free ends curved upwardly, presenting a rounded smooth surface for contact with the cords at the point of passing from the hub.

In the use of the toy the outer ends of the cords are held in thefingers of the operator, and

each other adjacent to the periphery of the body,

sound boxes mounted within the openings, a cylindrical hub disposed centrally of the disk-like body, the ends of the hub being extended beyond the ends of the sound boxes and having openings formed centrally therein, curved inwardly extended, flanges formed at the central openings, said hub having pairs of oppositely disposed openings in the side wall thereof and arranged at opposite sides of the disk, operating cords being extended through the first mentioned openings, the ends of the cords being spread laterally and extended through the openings in the wall of the hub, the ends of the cords being knotted, securing the cords to the hub, and said cords adapted to contact the flanges reducing wear on the cords to a minimum, when the toy is rotated by said cords.

LLOYD L. TOALSON. 

